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ea0029p1450 | Pituitary Clinical | ICEECE2012

Asymptomatic nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas take advantage of surgery

Dubourg J. , Messerer M. , Daniel R. , Bervini D. , Berhouma M. , Perrin G. , Iype G. , Chacko A. , Trouillas J. , Raverot G. , Jouanneau E.

Introduction: Pituitary incidentalomas (PIs) defined as pituitary tumors discovered by systematic neuroimaging constitute an increasingly clinical problem. Most of PIs are nonfunctioning tumors (NFPIs) with systematic investigation revealing visual and/or endocrinological impairment in some patients while others remained asymptomatic. If the therapeutic management is well codified for functioning PIs and symptomatic NFPIs, a debate still remain for asymptomatic NFPIs between s...